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British journalists freed in Libya

Luke BrowneMarch 19, 2012 07:13
Gareth Montgomery-Johnson, 36, and Nicholas Davies, 37, were captured in the Libyan capital of Tripoli by a Misrata-based militia on February 22 while working as freelance journalists for Iranian news channel Press TV.

Libyan stock exchange opens for first time since anti-Gaddafi uprising

Luke BrowneMarch 15, 2012 11:26
The exchange’s general manager said the market currently has 10 companies on it, with today’s trade coming in at $3 billion.

Zimbabwe's government may shut down without diamond revenue, says finance minister

Luke BrowneMarch 14, 2012 17:01
The finance ministry expected to receive $77.5 million from diamond sales over the first two months of this year, but has only seen $19.5 million, Biti told a news conference on Wednesday.

Nigeria kidnap 'mastermind' dies in custody

Luke BrowneMarch 14, 2012 15:05
Abu Mohammed died of “severe bullet wounds” sustained when he was arrested in the town of Zaria along with five other suspects on March 7.

Al Qaeda leader in north Africa sentenced to death in absentia

Luke BrowneMarch 13, 2012 15:32
Abdelmalek Droukdel, who fought in Afghanistan, is believed to regard Al Qaeda’s former leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, as his inspiration. 

Hissène Habré extradition case opens at ICJ

Luke BrowneMarch 12, 2012 11:27
Habré is currently ensconced in a luxury villa in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, where the government refuses UN, African Union and Amnesty International requests to try him or extradite him to a country that will.

Somalia: Al Shabaab ambushes Ethiopian troops, killing dozens

Luke BrowneMarch 10, 2012 10:20
Fighting lasted four hours, during which Al Shabaab claims to have killed 73 Ethiopians while the Somali government says it killed 48 militants.

13 million people face humanitarian 'catastrophe' in West Africa

Luke BrowneMarch 9, 2012 13:09
More than one million children in the Sahel region are at risk of severe malnutrition, Oxfam says, while in parts of Chad villagers are digging up ant hills to collect the grain the ants have stored.

Italy: UK failure to notify Rome before Nigeria hostage bid 'inexplicable'

Luke BrowneMarch 9, 2012 08:27
Construction engineers Franco Lamolinara and Chris McManus, who were kidnapped in the town of Birnin Kebbi in May 2011, died in an attempted rescue bid by UK Special Forces and the Nigerian military on Thursday.

First international flight in two decades arrives at Mogadishu

Luke BrowneMarch 6, 2012 07:03
The first major commercial airline in more than two decades has landed at war-torn Somalia’s Mogadishu airport.
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